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Timelines Change.
Thursday December 18, 2025
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP PARTICIPATES IN A CHRISTMAS RECEPTION
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
TODAY - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY PARTICIPATE IN A CHRISTMAS RECEPTION
TODAY - RSBN COVERING THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
The House Stands Adjourned Until December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
The Senate Stands Adjourned Until December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST
Secretary Marco Rubio attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State and the White House.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Michael J. Rigas attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Allison M. Hooker attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.
Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Michele Exner is on travel to Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia from December 15-21, 2025.
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Daily Weather Map
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/
National Forecast Charts
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Weather Prediction Center
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/national_forecast/natfcst.php?Day=1
Tropical Weather Outlook
The National Hurricane Center (NHC)
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php
NOAA Tide Predictions - Washington DC
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1396
... No Severe Thunderstorm Areas Forecast... - NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
FAA Daily Air Traffic Report
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-daily-air-traffic-report
FAA National Airspace System Status
https://nasstatus.faa.gov/
780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) @780thC - UAT-9686 actively targets Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager | Talos assesses with moderate confidence that this activity is being conducted by a Chinese-nexus threat actor, which we track as UAT-9686.
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-9686/
@TalosSecurity
https://x.com/780thC/status/2001411352238207180
8notables @8Notables - I call this one, "[Watch] what happens next."
https://x.com/8Notables/status/2000797609187999994
1925 Live @100YearsAgoLive - Col. Billy Mitchell, father of the U.S. Army Air Service, is found guilty of insubordination in his court-martial.
He is suspended from active duty for five years without pay. The court says the lenient sentence is due to Mitchell’s heroism in the Great War.
https://x.com/100YearsAgoLive/status/2001347975893926280
1975 Live @50YearsAgoLive - Actor Jackie Gleason marries his third wife, Marilyn Taylor.
https://x.com/50YearsAgoLive/status/2001347856524001760
2000 Live @25YearsAgoLive - Tim Allen, who is set to play The Cat in the Hat in an upcoming live-action remake, tells The Guardian:
“My dream is to give [the Cat] the edge that scared me as a child. […] He’s a human being who turns into the Cat, like a werewolf or vampire, as he gets more frustrated with these children.”
https://x.com/25YearsAgoLive/status/2001387994444370311
AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon - Want to
• Fight DEI pushed by woke schools, governments, & employers?
• Protect US workers from cheap foreign labor?
• Defend faith?
• Keep boys out of girls’ spaces?
We’re hiring lawyers @CivilRights!
Help us enforce the law for ALL Americans!
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/850137300
https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/2001397282944557356
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